Under Queen and Khedive: The Autobiography of an Anglo-Egyptian OfficialMiéville autobiography addresses not only his career, but his personal life, including his early life and his pastimes in Egypt. He discusses the big events of the late nineteenth century, including the resignation of Major-General Gordon, the cholera epidemic of 1893, the death of Khedive Tewfik and the personality of his successor, the ousting if Ismail Pasha, and so forth. |
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Página 53 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Página 53 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
Página 55 - The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Página 5 - The Babies — as they comfort us in our sorrows, let us not forget them in our festivities." I LIKE that. We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
Página 53 - WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Página 219 - And proclaim to the peoples a PILGRIMAGE : Let them come to thee on foot and on every fleet e camel, arriving by every deep defile...
Página 21 - one half the world does not know how the other half lives.
Página 54 - Let him that is without sin cast the first stone at her.
Página 38 - There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet...
Página 139 - Many such names are there, belonging to men who have borne the burden and heat of the day, and are entered into their rest.
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| Título | Under Queen and Khedive: The Autobiography of an Anglo-Egyptian Official |
| Autor | Sir Walter Frederick Miéville |
| Editor | W. Heinemann, 1899 |
| Largo | 306 páginas |
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